Shift In Weather Ends Watering Ban

September 04, 1998|By Hal Dardick.

AURORA — A partial watering ban enacted in early August in Aurora has been lifted, Arnie Eggleston, water production superintendent, said Thursday.

The ban was enacted because high temperatures and scant rainfall led to the growth of more algae than typical in the Fox River, from which a majority of the city's water is taken. The high level of algae, which must be filtered out, limited the amount of water the city could treat each day.

"The river got better, temperatures cooled off, we got a little rainfall and the demand went down," Eggleston said. As a result, the level of algae returned to normal for this time of year, leading to a lifting of the partial ban. It had limited watering of landscaping to between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. Monday through Friday, he added.